Williams (moon crater)

Williams

Williams and Side Crater ( LROC -WAC)

position

41.99 ° N , 37.3 ° O coordinates: 41 ° 59 '24 " N , 37 ° 18' 0" O

diameter

36 km

depth

830 m

Card sheet

27 (PDF)

Named after

Arthur Stanley Williams (1861-1938)

Named since

1935

Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Williams is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon , on the northern edge of Lacus Somniorum , west of Cepheus crater and south of Hercules . The rim of the crater is badly eroded and in the northern part flooded by lava.

List of Williams Minor Craters
Letter	position	diameter	link
F.	43.57 ° N , 38.16 ° OMoon 43.57 38.16	6 km	[1]
M.	41.25 ° N , 38.8 ° EMoon 41.25 38.8	6 km	[2]
N	42.1 ° N , 36.41 ° EMoon 42.1 36.41	5 km	[3]
R.	42.48 ° N , 38.34 ° OMoon 42.48 38.34	4 km	[4]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the English amateur astronomer Arthur Stanley Williams .

Web links

Williams in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
Williams on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .

[1] John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .